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How to Meet Boys. Find out what happens when you fall for your best friend's worst enemy in this timeless and hilarious story of a forbidden first love and forever friendship. Lucy can't wait to spend the summer at the lake with her best friend, Mikayla.
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But when Jackson, the boy she's been avoiding ever since he rejected her, reappears in her life, Lucy wonders if this summer to remember is one she'd rather forget. Mikayla's never had much luck talking to boys, but when she (literally) runs into the cutest guy she's ever seen, and sparks fly, she thinks things might be looking up. until she realizes the adorable stranger is the same boy who broke her best friend's heart. As things begin to heat up between Mikayla and the one guy she should avoid, will Lucy be able to keep her cool or will the girls' perfect summer turn into one hot mess? Catherine Clark, the author of beach-read favorites Maine Squeeze and Love and Other Things I'm Bad At, has once again crafted a hilarious and spot-on portrayal of what it's really like to be a teenager. Readers will love this irreverent coming-of-age story…and will be breathlessly turning the pages to find out what happens next. 320 pages, Paperback. First published May 6, 2014. Book details & editions. 70 people are currently reading. 3046 people want to read. About the author. Catherine Clark. 74 books 391 followers. I love reading books for children, young adults, new adults and all the old people after that. I love writing for pretty much the same audiences. Ratings & Reviews. What do you think? Rate this book. Write a Review. Friends & Following. Community Reviews. 989 ratings 138 reviews. Search review text. Displaying 1 - 30 of 138 reviews. 612 reviews 2,662 followers. After seeing negative review after negative review for this novel, I've already lowered my expectations and braced myself for what was to come. That being said, I still couldn't enjoy the novel at all. In fact, I basically rolled my eyes throughout the whole thing! There are two main stories in this one: Mikayla's and Lucy's. I found both main characters to have sort of juvenile voices --I couldn't picture them being--how old are they again? 16? 17? Anyhow, the narration was a bit more middle grade-esque rather than YA. Let's admit that there aren't a lot of teen girls who can't" talk to boys . Kids, sure. There's the whole cooties thing we've all experienced in grade school. Girls from an all-girls school? Acceptable. But Mikayla was your ordinary teen. Except that she "couldn't talk to boys." "I was good at lots of things and confident about that. There was just one thing that made me feel completely inept, and that was talking to guys." Oh my God, shut up and pull yourself together, girl! "Jackson." Only my mouth was all tense because my jaw was clenched so it came out as "Shee-shaw." What the fuck? Does Jackson sound ANYTHING AT ALL like Shee-shaw ? Now, another thing that bothered me a lot was how LONG it took the Mikayla to find out who Jackson was. (I'm not spoiling anything, right? It's in the synopsis.) This part of the story dragged on forever. The first thing I ask people when we meet is what their name is. Okay, they didn't meet in a normal circumstance, but why didn't she ask for his name during their second meeting? I would not want to bond or hang out with people if I didn't know who they were. We also have a load of characters who were just THERE and hardly had any purpose. They were just props to make "spice up" the plot. There's Ava, the third wheel in their group. I felt like she was just thrown into the story for no reason at all, and even falls asleep while Lucy explains her problem! Lucy's mom doesn't do a much, aside from embarrassing Lucy. There's also Jackson's troubled brother who I thought would play a big role in the story but didn't do anything. There were two romantic storylines as well. Jackson and Mikayla had this insta-love that was boring as hell . I didn't care about them at all and just wanted them to stop getting on my nerves. I liked Lucy and Gus a lot better. They got to know each other a bit, and had these cute little flirty moments that made me smile a bit. "Boyfriend, girlfriend," Jackson said. "Me, you." What are you, a dating robot? "I had no "talk to cute boys" function. My model was lacking that. I needed an upgrade." Ah, great. Both of you are robots. Don't you guys make a happy couple? The writing style was okay not okay . Some things were a bit repetitive and were mentioned over and over. Oh wait, there was this: "Seriously. " Yep. My eyes rolled, obviously. ". " is not something I want to see in published novels. It comes of as unprofessional rather than realistic. Friendship. WHAT FRIENDSHIP? When my friends and I have crushes on guys, even if they're at THE SAME TIME, we just laugh it off and joke about it. We don't ignore each other and pretend to be fine with it if we're not! Real friends don't let guys get in the way of their amazing friendships, okay ? How to Meet Boys was definitely not my type of book, and I'm not sure whose type it might be. Give it a shot and test it out at your own risk. Well, that turned out more rant-y than I expected. To be honest, this whole post was going to be a compilation of the book's idiotic quotes plus GIF reactions to them, but that wasn't enough to sum everything up. 611 reviews 329 followers. 02.27.14 - After a several-month hiatus from reading, this wasn't the book to return to.
03.08.14 - Catherine Clark books have always been a hit-or-miss for me, and I can't say this was one of my favorites. The whole book just didn't sit well with me. I couldn't relate to any of the characters because I don't think Clark did a good job of showing their personalities, and the flow with it was just unsettling as I was reading. My first complaint is I could never get a grasp of the characters' personalities. I'm told that Mikayla is the shy one who just can't talk to boys. But other than the first glimpse at the country club, she gets along with boys just fine. And she had no problems with Henry. And Lucy's character was just all over the place. Not to mention Ava, who I felt was just thrown in there as a mediator, but she had problems of her own. Second, I couldn't tell if Clark was trying to make readers think that Lucy was possibly still interested in Jackson or not. Well, I guess she did because Ava and others had insisted that she still had feelings for him at the beginning? And Clark didn't spend quite enough time on Gus. And I'm sorry, but it was annoying that Clark dragged out finding who HE was. I get that Mikayla didn't know his name after the accident, but I mean they spent time together during the second meeting, and she never once asked his name? Seems to me that once a girl is interested, she would try to see if she can run into him again or find out his name from others at the country club. Even if she happened to not catch it, she could have asked Henry after that second time, knowing that he knew HIM. But no, she had to wait until the third meeting.
Article about how to meet boys:
Find out what happens when you fall for your best friend',s worst enemy in this timeless an…
How to Meet Boys. Find out what happens when you fall for your best friend's worst enemy in this timeless and hilarious story of a forbidden first love and forever friendship. Lucy can't wait to spend the summer at the lake with her best friend, Mikayla.
Click here for How to meet boys
But when Jackson, the boy she's been avoiding ever since he rejected her, reappears in her life, Lucy wonders if this summer to remember is one she'd rather forget. Mikayla's never had much luck talking to boys, but when she (literally) runs into the cutest guy she's ever seen, and sparks fly, she thinks things might be looking up. until she realizes the adorable stranger is the same boy who broke her best friend's heart. As things begin to heat up between Mikayla and the one guy she should avoid, will Lucy be able to keep her cool or will the girls' perfect summer turn into one hot mess? Catherine Clark, the author of beach-read favorites Maine Squeeze and Love and Other Things I'm Bad At, has once again crafted a hilarious and spot-on portrayal of what it's really like to be a teenager. Readers will love this irreverent coming-of-age story…and will be breathlessly turning the pages to find out what happens next. 320 pages, Paperback. First published May 6, 2014. Book details & editions. 70 people are currently reading. 3046 people want to read. About the author. Catherine Clark. 74 books 391 followers. I love reading books for children, young adults, new adults and all the old people after that. I love writing for pretty much the same audiences. Ratings & Reviews. What do you think? Rate this book. Write a Review. Friends & Following. Community Reviews. 989 ratings 138 reviews. Search review text. Displaying 1 - 30 of 138 reviews. 612 reviews 2,662 followers. After seeing negative review after negative review for this novel, I've already lowered my expectations and braced myself for what was to come. That being said, I still couldn't enjoy the novel at all. In fact, I basically rolled my eyes throughout the whole thing! There are two main stories in this one: Mikayla's and Lucy's. I found both main characters to have sort of juvenile voices --I couldn't picture them being--how old are they again? 16? 17? Anyhow, the narration was a bit more middle grade-esque rather than YA. Let's admit that there aren't a lot of teen girls who can't" talk to boys . Kids, sure. There's the whole cooties thing we've all experienced in grade school. Girls from an all-girls school? Acceptable. But Mikayla was your ordinary teen. Except that she "couldn't talk to boys." "I was good at lots of things and confident about that. There was just one thing that made me feel completely inept, and that was talking to guys." Oh my God, shut up and pull yourself together, girl! "Jackson." Only my mouth was all tense because my jaw was clenched so it came out as "Shee-shaw." What the fuck? Does Jackson sound ANYTHING AT ALL like Shee-shaw ? Now, another thing that bothered me a lot was how LONG it took the Mikayla to find out who Jackson was. (I'm not spoiling anything, right? It's in the synopsis.) This part of the story dragged on forever. The first thing I ask people when we meet is what their name is. Okay, they didn't meet in a normal circumstance, but why didn't she ask for his name during their second meeting? I would not want to bond or hang out with people if I didn't know who they were. We also have a load of characters who were just THERE and hardly had any purpose. They were just props to make "spice up" the plot. There's Ava, the third wheel in their group. I felt like she was just thrown into the story for no reason at all, and even falls asleep while Lucy explains her problem! Lucy's mom doesn't do a much, aside from embarrassing Lucy. There's also Jackson's troubled brother who I thought would play a big role in the story but didn't do anything. There were two romantic storylines as well. Jackson and Mikayla had this insta-love that was boring as hell . I didn't care about them at all and just wanted them to stop getting on my nerves. I liked Lucy and Gus a lot better. They got to know each other a bit, and had these cute little flirty moments that made me smile a bit. "Boyfriend, girlfriend," Jackson said. "Me, you." What are you, a dating robot? "I had no "talk to cute boys" function. My model was lacking that. I needed an upgrade." Ah, great. Both of you are robots. Don't you guys make a happy couple? The writing style was okay not okay . Some things were a bit repetitive and were mentioned over and over. Oh wait, there was this: "Seriously. " Yep. My eyes rolled, obviously. ". " is not something I want to see in published novels. It comes of as unprofessional rather than realistic. Friendship. WHAT FRIENDSHIP? When my friends and I have crushes on guys, even if they're at THE SAME TIME, we just laugh it off and joke about it. We don't ignore each other and pretend to be fine with it if we're not! Real friends don't let guys get in the way of their amazing friendships, okay ? How to Meet Boys was definitely not my type of book, and I'm not sure whose type it might be. Give it a shot and test it out at your own risk. Well, that turned out more rant-y than I expected. To be honest, this whole post was going to be a compilation of the book's idiotic quotes plus GIF reactions to them, but that wasn't enough to sum everything up. 611 reviews 329 followers. 02.27.14 - After a several-month hiatus from reading, this wasn't the book to return to.
03.08.14 - Catherine Clark books have always been a hit-or-miss for me, and I can't say this was one of my favorites. The whole book just didn't sit well with me. I couldn't relate to any of the characters because I don't think Clark did a good job of showing their personalities, and the flow with it was just unsettling as I was reading. My first complaint is I could never get a grasp of the characters' personalities. I'm told that Mikayla is the shy one who just can't talk to boys. But other than the first glimpse at the country club, she gets along with boys just fine. And she had no problems with Henry. And Lucy's character was just all over the place. Not to mention Ava, who I felt was just thrown in there as a mediator, but she had problems of her own. Second, I couldn't tell if Clark was trying to make readers think that Lucy was possibly still interested in Jackson or not. Well, I guess she did because Ava and others had insisted that she still had feelings for him at the beginning? And Clark didn't spend quite enough time on Gus. And I'm sorry, but it was annoying that Clark dragged out finding who HE was. I get that Mikayla didn't know his name after the accident, but I mean they spent time together during the second meeting, and she never once asked his name? Seems to me that once a girl is interested, she would try to see if she can run into him again or find out his name from others at the country club. Even if she happened to not catch it, she could have asked Henry after that second time, knowing that he knew HIM. But no, she had to wait until the third meeting.